I might have asked about this before, but anyway...
When writing, I have a hard time finishing songs, or rather, it takes a long time. Often I work on songs for years before they're done, changing things, moving sections around etc. Then finally one day when listening to the song I will feel that "ok, I'm happy with EVERYTHING in this song" and it's done. I'm happy with the songs I've written that way. However, I'm now in a situation where I feel that I need to write more songs, quicker. And so I now hesitate about sending a song to the rest of the band because I'm not 100% sure that everything in the song is good/right.
So 1) How can I know when to treat a song as finished without feeling that I settle in terms of quality?
and 2) How can I speed up my creative process? In the past I've felt that letting songs rest and coming back to them has really helped me think about things in new ways and see new/different ways of doing things. But I don't really have time for that now.
When writing, I have a hard time finishing songs, or rather, it takes a long time. Often I work on songs for years before they're done, changing things, moving sections around etc. Then finally one day when listening to the song I will feel that "ok, I'm happy with EVERYTHING in this song" and it's done. I'm happy with the songs I've written that way. However, I'm now in a situation where I feel that I need to write more songs, quicker. And so I now hesitate about sending a song to the rest of the band because I'm not 100% sure that everything in the song is good/right.
So 1) How can I know when to treat a song as finished without feeling that I settle in terms of quality?
and 2) How can I speed up my creative process? In the past I've felt that letting songs rest and coming back to them has really helped me think about things in new ways and see new/different ways of doing things. But I don't really have time for that now.